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Martin Luther Theologian
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"In the Church, great wonders daily occur, such as the forgiveness of sins, triumph over death . . . the gift of righteousness and eternal life."

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist
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"When we come to it We must confess that we are the possible We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this world, that is when, and only when we come to it"

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"There's a lot of terminology, like "washes whiter than snow," and these things which when they're said in a uniracial congregation, they just go fine. But when they're said in a mixed congregation, some people will get offended and wonder, "Why are you saying that? What are you saying?""

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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur
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"...one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can transform the same people into matchless performers."

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Mike Rich Screenwriter
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"We were interviewing an author, and we started talking about how so many of them - Salinger, Shaw, Fitzgerald - were really an odd bunch. They put a barrier around themselves, and not many people got through it. This was the spark that I really latched onto - someone who could break through the barrier. Of course [FINDING FORRESTER] really began to take shape when I began to wonder, what if it was a young person?"

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
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"Some persons seem to like you, and others seem to hate you, and you must wonder why. They are simply liking machines and hating machines."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
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"I wonder now what Ernest Hemingways dictionary looked like, since he got along so well with dinky words that anybody can spell and truly understand."

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